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This category contains posts meant to help and provide you with advice, tips and guidance for managing varying mental health concerns.
I write this post in light of the current injustice and discrimination happening in the U.S (but really all over the world) towards the black community. Let it be known that I stand with you, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and I fight alongside you to defund and reconstruct the police force. That is why […]
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Pin it! Author Bio: Charlotte is a freelance writer and creator of the blog The Healthy Goal Setter. She writes about self-care, mental health, and personal development, often drawing from her expertise in Sport Psychology. What is Choking in Sports? We all know the feeling – when you have to stand up in front of
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Hi pals! In today’s blog post, we’re going to go over journaling, journaling for self-love, and 5 effective self-love journal prompts you can use tonight, tomorrow, or whenever you’re ready. Let’s dive in! *This post may contain affiliate links. By using the links on this article, I get a small amount of commission that I
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With schools coming to an end, it can only mean one thing… exam season. Exam season is every student’s living nightmare, and with it comes a bulk of exam anxiety. You may be wondering, what is test anxiety? Test anxiety is feeling anxiety about a test, whether that is beforehand, during, after, or all of
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What is Pandemic Panic? During a pandemic, it makes sense to start panicking about how you’ll survive, whether you have the means to, and what’ll happen in the future. And being alert and alarmed is alright and a natural survival instinct for humans during an emergency. Pandemic panic might feel like: loss or increase in
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Let’s talk about the situation I don’t need to say much about the fact that we are currently experiencing a global pandemic with COVID-19. Schools, social services, government buildings, airports, and much more have shut down. Grocery stores are running out of stock in some places. Economists are worried about the impact of this virus
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What are Physical Symptoms of Anxiety? Often times when we talk about anxiety, we talk about the mental symptoms we experience such as feeling worried, scared, nervous, or dissociating. These are our thoughts and feelings, and they’re completely valid and real. But we tend to neglect the physical symptoms of anxiety which can actually be
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With the beginning of a New Year comes the unavoidable pressure and/or excitement of resolutions. However, despite its positive image, a resolution can often times become a trap for self-hatred. Let me paint you a picture: It’s the beginning of the year and you’re ready to finally start going to the gym consistently and eating
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Precursor The mental health memo of the day: if you were to ask me (a person that loves to exercise but conveniently also has Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia) which exercise is my favorite for anxiety, I would say swimming. Swimming helps anxiety in so many ways, and I just had to share my experience with
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With winter coming around for a lot of folks, this means the return of Seasons Affective Disorder which is also known as SAD. This is a type of depressive disorder that is based on seasonal changes. Typically, SAD comes out during the winter and fall and then goes away in the summer and spring. It’s
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